met free Chapter 736 Maybe I should sell Barbatos and use it as a battery.
Chapter 736 Maybe I should sell Barbatos and use it as a battery.
Chapter 736 Why don't I sell Barbatos and use it as a battery!
The Foolish Owl realized a crucial issue: he was no longer disguised as a killing machine.
Regardless of who this enemy who suddenly appeared inside his spaceship was... once his true form was revealed, he could no longer hide in the shadows as before.
Fortunately, he still had time to react.
His target enemy did not launch a sneak attack the moment they appeared inside his ship, but instead greeted him at the exit.
This gave him ample opportunity to make amends.
The teleportation magic that had been inscribed in his armor activated in the next instant. The Foolish Owl immediately switched places with his real body and the killing machine. He appeared naked in another corner of the spaceship, and then immediately put on another set of armor and hid in the secret room.
He wasn't sure if this would fool the customers, but it was the best he could do under such unforeseen circumstances.
His armor was energized with positive matter cosmic energy. If the other party and the monitor were not in contact, it would be difficult for them to see through his tricks under the burst of positive matter energy.
The killing machine went live immediately, and the nanobots devoured his owl mask at the speed of light.
So when he turned around, he heard a somewhat surprised sound from the other person:
"A killing machine?"
Chen Tao was somewhat surprised when he saw the figure that appeared in front of him.
The moment this unknown visitor's spaceship broke through space and entered the Three Realms Legion's timeline, Chen Tao had already detected its presence.
He unexpectedly pulled a timeline trick, teleporting himself half a second earlier to the location where the spaceship would appear. It was as if the spaceship had spatially jumped onto his face and "swallowed" him, thus avoiding many of the spaceship's defensive devices.
The normal person's thought process would be: if you saw Kuang Xiao and secretly infiltrated his spaceship, then you should stab him in the back, preferably knock him down on the spot, and then slowly ask him what he plans to do, such as gathering intelligence.
But if you encounter someone laughing hysterically and still try to think like a normal person, then you're doomed.
This is the key to dealing with manic laughter.
First, let's analyze the situation. Upon seeing the Batman Who Laughs, a normal person would first come up with a perfectly normal plan, and then immediately throw that plan into the trash.
Then, a roundabout solution was devised.
So this is how Chen Tao prepared the surprise for the Batman Who Laughs. He first jumped out to attract the Batman Who Laughs' attention, making the Batman Who Laughs think that he might be planning to negotiate with him, and then Wonder Woman launched a sneak attack.
But to his surprise...
"I didn't catch the Bat of Laughter?"
He did catch something, but it might be slightly different from what he expected.
"Well, well, it seems we've encountered some unexpected circumstances."
Chen Tao said.
He slightly opened his palm, signaling to the female warrior hiding in the shadows not to launch an attack yet.
At this moment, the Foolish Owl unexpectedly finds himself in a trap, while Chen Tao, realizing that the situation is slightly different from what he thought, also falls into the dilemma of the paradox of maniacal laughter.
And did he make a mistake or something? Did the other party just use some kind of magical trick to cover up their true identity by using a killing machine?
But if he is the Bat Who Laughs, why would he do this? He wouldn't be so foolish as to think he can make Chen Tao and the others believe him just because he has the face of a killing machine, would he?
Therefore, there is only one answer: a third-party force, distinct from the Batman Who Laughs, was manipulated by the Batman Who Laughs or participated in this game for its own benefit.
but--
On the other hand, is it even possible?
All of this was part of the maniacal laughter's plan!
A normal person would never do something so pointless, but the Bat of Laughter does the opposite, deceiving himself. After all, the Bat of Laughter's characteristic is to set up a bunch of traps and then use them to light a match to ignite explosives.
You could say this mechanism is useful, and it certainly is; but it's not entirely useless either.
It gives people a twisted feeling that Kuangxiao is always using his own plan to announce to everyone that Kuangxiao's IQ is always number one.
But his plans often actually work, which is what makes him so disgusting.
"A killing machine? What an unexpected surprise!"
As the Foolish Owl controlled the killing machine, he heard the other party's voice. Although he had narrowly managed to preserve his secret identity by using his pre-prepared plan, he still hadn't figured out how to face the Batman Dragon in front of him.
Hostility, escape, or cooperation?
Of course, he can also...
This directly summoned the Supreme Superman.
"I never imagined that I would ignore truly excellent collaborators and instead choose to confront that brute!"
Foolish Owl hadn't yet decided how to approach his opponent, but then he heard Batman Dragon say, "Whoever you are, tell me your purpose, Bruce. I think you're completely different from when you were under Barbatos; you've been reborn. Who caused this miracle?"
Yu Xiao's attention was completely drawn to Chen Tao.
He pondered in his heart how to speak to Batman Dragon.
The Foolish Owl had imagined being ambushed by the Batman Who Laughs before even meeting Superman Supreme. He had prepared a trump card for this, and if it were the Batman Who Laughs, he would use it without hesitation. But if it were Batman Dragon, he would hesitate slightly.
Of course, this is not because he has any particular fondness for Batman Dragon, but because Batman Dragon shares most of the same goals as him, compared to Batman Who Laughs.
Even their ultimate goal—to save the multiverse—is the same, but they differ drastically in the means to achieve it.
For example, although Batman: Dragon put on a good act, repeatedly telling Parallax Morhal that he really wanted to reboot the entire universe, Foo Owl knew him well and knew that he had no intention of doing so from the bottom of his heart.
The simplest way to tell is that if Batman: Dragon truly intended to help Parallax Malhal, he should be at his peak now, barging into the main universe's timeline and violently beating up anyone who dared to oppose him.
Instead of becoming slaves to the world's creators as they are now, their heads filled like cream puffs with the creators' willpower, leaving not a drop of their own intelligence.
This might seem like a result-oriented approach to questioning Batman Dragon's motives, but Foo Owl knows him; he was once Night Owl, and he knows what Batman Dragon does.
In conclusion, despite their differences in ultimate methods, their shared goal allows Foolish Owl to fully exploit the other party in the early stages of his plan. Batman Dragon is a neutral party that Foolish Owl can utilize, and he also possesses a significant advantage over Batman Dragon:
He understood Batman Dragon's thoughts and intentions, but he didn't reveal his own purpose to him. He didn't even show his true identity to Batman, instead remaining disguised as Killer Machine.
In the blink of an eye, a plan to lure Batman Dragon into taking shape quickly took shape in the mind of the Fool.
He knew that the teleportation magic he had just used must have given him a weakness in front of Batman. Now, even if he killed Batman, Batman would never believe that he was a killing machine.
However, as long as a secret identity is not exposed on the spot, there is always room for maneuver.
Batman has been suspected of being Bruce Wayne more than once, but no one has seen through his true identity for so many years. Thomas Wayne Jr. is also Wayne, so he is no stranger to all of this.
Moreover, according to Batman Dragon, Thomas Wayne, the Night Owl, disappeared long ago after he and the entire Dark Knights teleported away, and no one knows where he died in some dark corner of the multiverse.
If someone can guess your true identity just by looking at this, then they're not Batman Dragon, but a fortune-telling witch.
"A potential collaboration? Sure."
The Foolish Owl carefully considered his words and the appropriate posture before turning his killing machine around.
"Although the betrayal of the Watcher by the last collaborator, that damned Bat of Laughter, was unforgettable enough."
But I have heard of your name, Batman the Dragon, or Batman Supreme. Your name is known throughout the Fifth Dimension, even in the upper reaches of the Transcendental Stream.
He said, "Since you're here too, it seems you've come to the same conclusion as me: the main universe absolutely cannot be without Superman, even a freak like Superman Supreme."
"really."
Then he heard Batman say, "Especially someone like him whose entire family is wiped out."
"..."
Yu Xiao didn't understand why the other person was so fascinated by the idea of their entire family being wiped out, but to agree with what they said, he nodded.
"That's right, even though Superman is a crazy freak whose entire family is dead, we still need him to be Superman."
As soon as Yu Xiao finished speaking, he saw Chen Tao open his palm, projecting a small 3D image. Then, a 3D video appeared on the ground in front of them, and the 3D projection killing machine repeated the sentence.
"Superman is a crazy freak whose entire family is dead."
"Alright, I've recorded it all. This is the evidence. The Killing Machine says Superman Supreme is a freak. I'll hand it over to Superman Supreme right away."
"???"
The foolish owl, hiding behind the disguise of a killing machine, was momentarily confused by this unconventional approach, but he quickly adjusted his thinking: "Don't joke around."
"I'm not kidding."
Then he heard someone on the other end say, "The current version of Superman is a madman. Do you think he'd listen to you?"
"..."
The foolish owl was speechless.
"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding anymore."
This is not a joke.
Chen Tao said, "It's just to make the atmosphere a little more harmonious. Let's get past this point. You've obtained the cosmic tuning fork. What do you plan to do with it?"
The Foolish Owl truthfully told Batman Dragon about his actions. He explained his plan to use the Cosmic Tuning Fork to manipulate Superman Supreme, temporarily filling the void left by the main universe's Superman, but ultimately deceiving him into believing he didn't actually intend to help him reboot the universe.
Foolish Owl knew that these ideas were very close to those of Batman Dragon, and he would not disagree with them; the other party's thoughts were all under Foolish Owl's control.
But he concealed one crucial factor:
The cosmic tuning fork requires a lot of energy to start, but where does this energy come from?
The Foolish Owl has found a target: Barbatos, the dragon of the Dark Multiverse.
Yes, it is obvious that only he can provide the massive amount of energy to activate the cosmic tuning fork, and Superman Supreme only needs to break into the Flashpoint timeline, inherit the name of Superman in front of everyone, and make everyone believe that "Superman Supreme is Superman", then the title of Superman in the main world will be transferred.
Then everything can start working.
However, Batman Dragon would not agree to make Barbatos make such a huge sacrifice.
The Foolish Owl had observed the relationship between Batman Dragon and Barbatos from behind the scenes, and based on his speculation, Batman Dragon and Barbatos were now truly in cahoots.
It's practically impossible to get Batman to betray Barbatos.
Therefore, it's best not to tell the other party about this beforehand, lest it offend him and cause the alliance to break down. He plans to trick Superman into remembering this.
Given Superman's crazy and self-centered nature, he would absolutely not allow anyone to directly reject his proposal.
If he let the Killing Machine say some things, it would quickly create hostility between Batman and him, but if Superman Supreme says them, the conflict becomes between Superman Supreme and Batman.
His goal was simply to have Barbatos provide the energy himself; it didn't matter whether he was forcibly brought in to provide energy or volunteered to do so.
As for how to get the other party to participate willingly...
This is also part of his use of the Batman Dragon.
But then he heard Batman Dragon say, "Wait, the cosmic tuning fork has no power source, what are we going to do?"
Hmm? Batman Dragon seems quite familiar with the Cosmic Tuning Fork. Foolish Owl paused slightly, then began to think about how to trick the other party into not paying attention to this detail. He needed to provide a seemingly feasible solution, and then have Superman Supreme prove that the solution was completely unworkable.
This kind of lie isn't something you can just tell randomly; he needs to tell a logically sound and feasible lie. But he's a master liar, and even in such an emergency, he still has enough mechanisms to make his point logically.
"Yes, it seems you're quite familiar with cosmic tuning forks, which I already knew about before..."
He started by rambling on for a bit, desperately trying to buy himself time to think, but then…
Hearing Batman interrupt him, he said impatiently:
"I have a plan! I'll sell Barbatos, and we can capture him and use him as a battery!"
This unexpected answer made Yu Xiao's eyes widen in surprise.
Batman could never betray Barbatos, what kind of joke is this?
(End of this chapter)